bali temple

The dedication or inauguration day of a temple is considered its birth day and the celebration always takes place on the same day if the “Wuku” or 210 days calender is used. When new moon or full moon is used then celebration always happen on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ.

The religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temples celebrating for three days while the celebration  of Besakih, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it last for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

It is not surprising that Bali is called the island of the thousand temples. Everywhere one sees a temple. There are so many temples that the Government does not bother to count them.

There are small temples, very small temples with only a very few shrines; there are large temples, very large temples with more than 50 shrines, such as the Temple of Besakih , the mother temple of Bali. There are even lonely shrines on the oddest places where one does not expect them at all.